Over 200 years ago the Framers of the constitution gave us a republic “if [we could] keep it.” During the 20th century, Progressives in our nation worked to replace “republic” with “democracy” as the name of our form of government. The reason for this was so that people would blur the meaning of the word democracy and give it a dual meaning. They’ve succeeded. Websters now defines the word both as representational government we typically think of as a republic, and also as a pure democracy (mob rule) which the Framers were so against.

Now when you hear someone talk about democracy, we always assume they mean the “good” one formerly known as a republic with checks and balances. However, the Progressives wanted to blur the meaning so they could introduce the bad form of democracy into casual language and gradually move direct democracy principles into the public discourse in a way that seemed natural. “We’re a democracy so we all have a voice and vote.” It’s a gradual process toward an end we weren’t expecting.

ASD’s slogan “Enculturating the Young Into a Social and Political Democracy” is said by them to mean a republic (though that word seems to burn their lips to say it). Right in front of our eyes they are redefining the terms social democracy and political democracy. A social democracy is defined by the dictionary as a democratic welfare state (socialism) and a political democracy is a pure democracy. These definitions are being introduced with non-standard meanings in order to make the language commonplace for us so we forget the actual common meaning of the words.

John Goodlad wrote this “enculturating” phrase in his book “The Moral Dimensions of Teaching” which ASD has pushed into its teacher training. Goodlad is a socialist that talks about the need for democracy training in education (along with Bill Ayers the terrorist). What is their end? It isn’t representational government, it’s pure socialism. Ayers wrote extensively in the Weather Underground Manifesto on the need for teaching youth democracy in order to bring about revolution. Reading his writings makes this very clear.

So the point is, when we let someone else define the meanings of terms like “social democracy” and “political democracy” and lose the actual meanings, we get used to the newly defined terms and start accepting some of the true and evil meanings once we get used to the watered down meanings. We accepted “democracy” in place of “republic” and now we see the seeds of true democracy bearing fruit such as the public accepting the 17th amendment so that we would “all have a vote” on our senators, destroying the check and balance that the Framers set up to protect states’ rights. It’s gone downhill from there. So now the Progressives start talking about social democracy and redefine it as something that doesn’t sound so bad and once we accept it in our vocabulary they’ll start talking about democratic socialism. We are the frog in the water and the temperature is going up.

When John Goodlad says, “…the state we should strive for is better described in Deweyan terms as a social democracy,” he’s literally talking about socialism. Dewey was an original signatory on the Humanist Manifesto which erases God and teaches people that science is supreme. All of Goodlad’s training tools are built upon this foundational goal.

When John Goodlad says, “The curriculum of the future will be what one might call the humanistic curriculum,” he is literally saying that his work is to bring to pass humanism through his enculturating/indoctrinating programs.

When John Goodlad says, “…educators must resist the quest for certainty. If there were certainty there would be no scientific advancement. So it is with morals and patriotism.” He is literally saying he is for moral relativism and his curriculum and methods are calculated to bring this about. It’s no wonder he’s for constructivist math because that focuses on the process and not the result under the belief that there are no absolute truths (like morals which come from God).

When Bill Ayers said, “the struggle for self-determination has had two stages: (1) a united front against imperialism and for New Democracy, and (2) developing out of the new democratic stage, socialism,“ he is literally saying he wants to push for democracy to replace capitalism, and out of that democracy stage, to bring about socialism. It’s no wonder Bill Ayers is the keynote speaker at the October 2010 John Goodlad conference, a conference which ASD personnel have always attended and even been members of the national executive committee. Every year they have helped organize and present at these conferences, at least until this year when a controversy has been raised over it.

This doesn’t mean Alpine School District is full of socialists, it means we’ve got a few Progressives in high places that like the worldly accolades that John Goodlad’s organization brings to them. It means our “watchmen” are asleep on the towers and these national movements have already slipped in the door when vigilant people watching over our education system should have stopped it in its tracks.

If you still think the district phrase above is no big deal, what then will be a big deal? When a teacher tells students that America is not a republic? When a teacher gives an assignment that says “label the form of government of all these nations from around the world” and then marks republic wrong for America on a student’s paper? When a teacher calls a book full of quotes from the Founding Fathers “pure science fiction?” When a district administrator agrees to distribute “In God We Trust” posters until he finds the word “republic” in the subtext referencing “The National Motto of the Republic of the United States of America?” Well I’m sorry to say that all those things have happened in Alpine School District. No, socialism isn’t being taught outright in the classes, but we’re being poisoned by degrees and those who are awake are having a difficult time waking up those who are slumbering because they’re so trusting of those in educational positions of authority.

If you don’t fully understand the difference between a republic and a democracy, please watch this short video.

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Hmmm. Here is a recent quote from Dallin H. Oaks (legal scholar, former Utah Supreme Court Justice) at a speech at Chapman University, February 4, 2011.

“Whether or not such actions are anti-religious, they are surely anti-democratic and should be condemned by all who are interested in democratic government. There should be room for all good-faith views in the public square, be they secular, religious or a mixture of the two.”

I guess (according to the logic of this save ADS article) the Progressive movement has deceived Elder Oaks. Why don’t you make an appointment with him so that you can educate him on the history of the term “democratic government?” Or maybe he knows exactly what he means and is a socialist.

Or maybe he is using the term to mean exactly what the Alpine School District administration means when they use the term democracy! Would you allow Elder Oaks to use the term without question but not allow the Alpine School District to use the term in the same way?

Doug, that is certainly an historic talk, one of his greatest. I fully agree with that paragraph and revere the entire talk. In fact, instead of just using a quick Deseret News link, I like to use original sources to get everything in context and know the real intent of his address: http://newsroom.lds.org/article/elder-oaks-religious-freedom-Chapman-University. Although he uses the word ‘democracy’ I don’t believe Elder Oaks is receiving his training from socialists and atheists and writing books with radical socialist former terrorists, like many high up in MSE/ASD. Because he mentions the word democracy this certainly does not equate him with the teachings of John Goodlad, Bill Ayers and others in the Progressive Education movement. Look to Egypt and the other Middle Eastern countries going through violent riots for that definition of democracy. Intentions may be pure at MSE/ASD when they follow these national leaders, but outcome is what we are concerned about. The main point to his talk was to protect the Constitution, warn of the dangers of moral relativism and for all to join together to protect freedom of religion for it is the most important right in the Bill of Rights and it is disappearing at a fast rate in the public square. John Goodlad and other Progressives promote moral relativism, humanism and social democracy (the gradual change of capitalism towards socialism). Elder Oaks is a believer in Christ, of absolute morals, of freedom and liberty, and greatly respects the U. S. Constitution. These National Progressive leaders certainly are not. They teach the exact opposite. Please read this talk again. I implore you, if you are a teacher at BYU, we need you to follow these teachings from our prophets, apostles and Founding Fathers, not the philosophies of men mingled with scripture that corrupted our higher education institutions years ago. Our children are at stake.

Doug,
Please answer this for me as you might understand this more than I….Why does BYU-MSE/ASD receive their trainings about democracy from national socialists? Surely these administrators, professors and teachers are believers in the Doctrine & Covenants where it states that the Constitution is inspired of God. Surely they have studied for years in the Book of Mormon that we should always fight for freedom and liberty. Why then would they follow the teachings of global socialists who abhor our U.S. Constution and instead proclaim social democracy or democratic socialism as their end goal?

And why would MSE/ASD set up their Moral Dimensions and spread the teachings of “morality” as is taught by an atheist and humanist? By the very definition of atheism and humanism, ‘morality’ would be one of relativity, not absolutism as is taught in the Bible, Book of Mormon and modern day scriptures. The words democracy, morals and values are defined very differently depending on the speaker and their ultimate political end goal. Once again, the intent may be pure, but what will be the outcome of BYU and ASD following socialists, atheists and humanists as their mentors? One cannot pick good fruit from an evil tree.

If you never learned in your training that John Goodlad is a humanist or socialist, it doesn’t surprise me. Local educators are only taught the sugar-coated nice things about Goodlad or they’d reject him and his Agenda. Please refer to the article on Capitalism on this site and the drop down tab on the menu bar which features quotes from Goodlad. I’d sincerely like to hear back from you.

Reading this article gave me pause. Teachers, administrators and neighbors have wondered why we took our child out of ASD, which is considered by many as one of the better school districts in Utah. The answer to their question? We simply wanted a better education for our child. Goodlad and BYU had been concentrating on shifting ASD to a Moral Dimensions Social Constructivist district where the student (or teacher) creates their own knowledge and this is not what we wanted for our child. So we put him in a private school. It is seven years later and academically he is years ahead of his ASD peers who have been taught using the socialist based Goodlad Social Constructivist Pedagogy method of education.